Entertainment : Redroaster famous brighton independent cafe and coffee supplier

Entertainment at Redroaster
		8pm/8.15pm Tue 21 - Fri 24 May £9/£7 concs. Breakfast at Dalkey by Eddie Alford Breakfast at Dalkey tells the story of a family in 1930s Dublin. Its sharp witty dialogue explores family squabbles, a wake, emigration to the USA and intrigue, culminating in a will reading. The author, Eddie Alford, won an Argus Angel Award for 'The M-Boat' in the 2011 Brighton Festival. "The names have been changed to protect the guilty!" says Eddie. (The poster shows four of Eddie's aunts in the 1930s.) Tickets in advance from Brighton Festival & Fringe Box office, 54 North Street, Brighton. Tel: 01273 917272 or online. Bar available during the interval. Sponsored by The Gathering Ireland, Mick Bowlby, The Greys, The Geese and The Eagle pubs.

		9pm Saturday 25 May Tango at Redroaster Beginners and more experienced tango dancers are welcome at Redroaster's Festival Argentina Tango Milonga in May. Brighton Dancing's tango teachers are always around if you need any tuition. Bar available.

7.30/8pm Thurs 30 May

£5/£3 concs.

Pighog Poetry Plus

The announcement of the winner of The Poetry School/Pighog Press Pamphlet Competition 2013 plus

Helen Ivory is launching her fourth Bloodaxe Books collection, Waiting for Bluebeard(2013). She is an experienced creative writing tutor and workshop leader. She is also an Editor for The Poetry Archive, an Editor of the webzine, Ink Sweat and Tears, and Course Director for Creative Writing for Continuing Education at UEA.

Tony Flynn (Bloodaxe, Dream Catcher Books). He has published three collections of poems – A Strange Routine, and Body Politic with Bloodaxe Books, and his most recent New and Selected Poems, The Mermaid Chair, with Dream Catcher Books. He has received a number of literary awards for his work. Tony is currently at work on a collection of love poems.

Bar available. Tickets available here soon.

		14 April - 2 June The Big Wheel: photographs by Leroy Henry An exhibition by local photographer Leroy Henry is showing at the cafe until 2 June. He writes: "One evening I observed the Big Wheel, seemingly sandwiched between two streets in Brighton. "This imposing structure, buffeted by the coastal wind, cannot be ignored, especially the way the receding light of morning seems to transform the shape and feel of it, giving it a translucent quality. These atmospheric qualities informed my work."

		1 January 2013 - Black Cat Treasure Hunts Redroaster has sponsored a clue on one of the Brighton routes from a great-value website called Black Cat Treasure Hunts. "It was fantastic. Definitely the best part of the day. Everyone loved it. Right at the end when we had to do the YMCA in front of the fountain, we had to ask a random man to be our 'A'! This caused much amusement to some tourists passing by who also started snapping away. I will definitely be recommending it to anyone as a celebration idea," said one Black Cat hunter.

		5 July - Woodstar Brighton wood sculptor Dave Gourlay's suspended wooden sculptures are on permanent display at Redroaster. If you are interested in buying any of them please leave your name and contact details with a member of staff.